Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas (2 Vols.)
by Walter Pater
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1892 3rd printing, complete in 2 volumes. Both vols. clean and VG in their dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering on the spines. Octavos, 511 pgs. all told.
Synopsis
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel by Walter Pater (published 1885), set in the Rome of the Antonines. It elaborates Pater's ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty tempered by asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal in itself.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10608
- Title
- Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas (2 Vols.)
- Author
- Walter Pater
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- rare Classical literature, rare biography, rare Walter Pater
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Classical Studies;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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